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Chapter 1: Describing Motion

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the starting point you choose to describe the location or position of an object?

a)

Position

b)

Starting Point

c)

Reference Point

d)

Location

2.

What is an object's distance and direction from a reference point?

a)

Position

b)

Location

c)

Displacement

3.

True or False: A description of a position only needs distance and direction

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or False: If you change the reference point, only the description of the objects position changes

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is the process of changing position?

a)

Location

b)

Distance

c)

Motion

d)

Displacement

6.

What is displacement?

a)

The difference between the first position and the final position of an object

b)

The length of the path taken

7.

What is Distance?

a)

The difference between the first position and the final position of an object

b)

The length of the path taken

8.

What is the measure of the distance an object travels per unit time?

a)

Distance

b)

Speed

c)

Velocity

9.

What is the unit for speed?

a)

g/L

b)

m/K

c)

Km/mol

d)

m/s

10.

Which type of speed is the speed of an object at a specific instant in time?

a)

Constant Speed

b)

Average Speed

c)

Instantaneous Speed

11.

Which type of speed is the rate of change of position in which the same distance is traveled each second?

a)

Constant Speed

b)

Instantaneous Speed

c)

Average Speed

12.

Which type of speed is the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken to travel that distance.

a)

Constant Speed

b)

Instantaneous Speed

c)

Average Speed

13.

How do we calculate average speed?

a)

Total Distance-Total Time

b)

Total Distance x Total Time

c)

Total Distance + Total Time

d)

Total Distance / Total Time

14.

What variable goes on the x-axis?

a)

Time

b)

Distance

15.

What variable goes on the y-axis?

a)

Time

b)

Distance

16.

True or False: The steeper the slope, the slower the speed

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What does a horizontal line mean on a distance-time graph?

a)

Changing speeds

b)

Not moving

c)

Fast speeds

18.

What are the TWO things you need to describe velocity?

a)

Speed

b)

Distance

c)

Location

d)

Direction